Bale-tie



(No Model.)

S. L. CARPENTER.

BALE TIE.

No. 329,013. Patented 0011.27, 1885.

Attorney's,

Unrrlen Starts PATENT (Clarion,

STEVEN L. CARPENTER, OF MOSGOVV, TENNESSEE.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,013, dated October27, 1885.

Application filed September 14, 1885. Serial No. 177,101. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEVEN L. CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mos cow, in the county of Fayette and State of Tennessee,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bale-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings.

My invention has relation to improvements in cotton-bale ties; and thenovelty consists in the peculiar construction, combination, arrangement,and adaptation of the various parts for service, substantially ashereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a bale-tie which shall be verysimple, strong, and durable in construction, quickly and easily applied,not liable to be broken or get out of order, cheap of manufacture, andwhich can be readily adjusted to tighten the band around the bale.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of abale-tie constructed in accordance with. my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 1 y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a bottom plan view showing the band adjusted.

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings, referring to which A designates my improved tiefor hay, cotton, and other bales, and comprising a buckle, B, and aband, 0, the two ends 0 G of which are only shown herein.

The buckle B comprises a flat imperforate piece of metal, preferably ofsteel, for great strength and durability, and having four arms ortongues, I), one arranged at each corner thereof, and bent upon thebase-plate to provide hooks c c.

The hooks c are arranged at one end of the plate, and are bent upon thesame to lie on the upper face'thereof and parallel therewith to leave anintermediate space, 0 between which is fitted the end G of the bale-band0, while the hooks c are arranged at the oppo: site end, and are bentupon the plate in the opposite direction or upon thelower face thereof,and receive the end G of the bale-band O, which is rigidly securedthereto by fastening or bending or hammering the hooks down upon thebase-plate, as is obvious.

Each end 0 O of the bale-band has a cutaway portion, d, at each sidethereof, to provide locking-shoulders cl at the sides thereof, which fitover or against the inner bent ends of the hooks of the plate or buckle,said baleband end fitting snugly against the face of the buckle.

The end Oof the bale-band is provided with two or more of the cut-awayportions and shoulders d d, to enable it to be adjusted on the bale totighten the band and hold the mate rial-cotton, hay, rags, &c.morefirmly together.

To apply my improved bale-band it is only necessary to encompass thebale with the band, to one of which the buckle has. been rigidly securedby passing one end of the band (the end 0 between the hooks c andhammering them down firmly upon the base-piece or buckle, after whichthe end 0 of the band and the buckle B are brought together and theshoulders d of said. end C locked with the hooks c of the buckle, theintermediate portion of the band between the shoulders thereof fittingin the space between the hooks 'c, as will be very readily understood.

It will be observed from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the drawings, that my improved baleband can be rapidly andeffectively applied to a bale, that it is simple, strong, and durable inconstruction, can be manufactured and sold very cheaply, and is notliable to be broken or get out of order.

I attach importance to arranging the hooks on opposite sides of thebuckle or base-plate thereof, as thereby I am enabled to facilitate theadjustment of the band in securing it to the buckle after having beenpassed around the bale, the lower hooks retaining the end 0 in positionout of the way of the free end of the band.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. A bale-tie comprising a bucklehaving hooks bent on opposite sides and ends thereof, and a bale-band,one end of which is rigidly connected to one set of hooks and theopposite end of said band loosely and adj ustably fitted band having itslocking-shoulders loosely and between the other set of hooks,substantially adj ustably fitted between the hooks on the upasdescribed. per face of the buckle, substantially as de- 2. As an articleof manufacture, a bale-tie scribed. 15

5 comprising a buckle having two integral hooks In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my at opposite ends and bent in oppositedirecownI have hereto affixed my signature in prestions upon thebase-plate, andabale-bandhavence of two witnesses. ing locking-shoulders(1, one end of the said S. L. CARPENTER. band being rigidly secured tothe hooks on the Witnesses:

IO lower face of the base-plate by bending the said J NO. S. R. GEREAN,

hooks upon the band, and the other end of said R. W. MOKINLEY.

